2016 Missouri Primary

The 2016 Missouri Primary is one of five important primaries on Tuesday, March 15. I’ll be updating the results here on election night as the returns come in. On this page, you’ll also find information on how on many delegates are at stake and how each party awards them.

Primary Type
The Missouri primary is open. Registered voters may vote in either primary.

Delegate Award MethodologyDemocrats
Pledged delegates (71) are awarded proportionally based on statewide and district level vote totals. A 15% threshold is in place for all delegates. This means that a candidate must win at least 15% of the vote in a district or statewide election to be eligible for any delegates. Missouri is also allocated 13 superdelegates which are not pledged based on the primary outcome.

Republicans
All Missouri delegates (52) are awarded in the Republican primary. The GOP utilizes a modified winner-take-all system for awarding delegates. Depending on statewide results, three delegates plus two at-large delegates can be awarded in each congressional district (40 total), with the remaining 12 at-large delegates (including 3 party leaders) being awarded based on the statewide results.

Delegates are awarded as follows.

If one candidate earns more than 50% of the statewide vote, that candidates is awarded all 52 delegates.

Otherwise, 12 at-large delegates are awarded to the winner of the statewide vote and 5 delegates will go to the winner of each district-level vote.